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Funding by Topic: Child welfare

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Daniel Foundation of Alabama Grants
Grants for programs in Alabama with a focus on underserved communities, rural areas, and populations experiencing economic disadvantages. Priority areas include health; community needs; education and youth; and arts, culture, and community assets.
Geographic coverage: Alabama
Letter of Intent (Required): Jan 27, 2025
Application Deadline: Mar 17, 2025
Sponsor: Daniel Foundation of Alabama
Minnesota Family Wellbeing Event Sponsorships
Sponsorship funding for events designed to advance family well-being in Minnesota.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2025
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Sherwood Foundation Grants
Funding for nonprofit organizations in Nebraska working to make Nebraska a more equitable place to live, work, learn, and play. Past awards have been made across the state, including in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nebraska
Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Sponsor: The Sherwood Foundation
Gates Family Foundation Capital Grants
Capital support for building purchase, construction, expansion, renovation, and/or land acquisition for Colorado organizations working in the areas of arts and culture; education; well-being of children, youth, and families; parks and recreation; and community development.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2025
Sponsor: Gates Family Foundation
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grants
Funding to develop, implement, and/or expand evidence-based home visiting services in tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jan 18, 2025
Application Deadline: Mar 17, 2025
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families
Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (Purpose Area 6): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Funding, technical assistance, and training to help American Indian and Alaska Native communities develop, establish, and operate programs designed to improve the investigation, prosecution, and handling of cases of child abuse and neglect, and particularly child sexual abuse cases, in a manner which lessens trauma for child victims.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
Tribal Youth Program (Purpose Area 9): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Grants to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Funding allows tribes to develop, expand, and strengthen approaches along the juvenile justice continuum that can range from prevention to intervention and treatment.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsors: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
Ford Family Foundation Grants
Offers grants to small, rural communities in Oregon and parts of California for community development; technical assistance; critical needs; arts; and healthy children, youth, and families.
Geographic coverage: Oregon and Siskiyou County, California
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Ford Family Foundation
National Indian Child Welfare Association Training Institutes
In-person and virtual professional development training for child welfare professionals working with American Indian families.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: National Indian Child Welfare Association
Technical Assistance for Tribal Domestic Violence Programs and Shelters
Technical assistance for tribal domestic violence programs and shelters to build tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence; strengthen advocacy; and improve services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and sex trafficking.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center